The picture shows the difference between the two but if you're not up on your electronics this diagram may not make a lot of sense. Let me first tell you what you're seeing. Note the triangle shapes in the drawing. These are how we illustrate an amplifier. When we use a simple triangle the type of amplifier isn't know. Could be a power amplifier, preamplifier, tube, solid state, op amp, or just a simple gain stage as part of a bigger amplifiers. The triangle is simply a block to show some type of device. The lines connecting the triangles together describe their connection method.
In a single ended cable the music travels down the center conductor, the only one in the cable. Look at the drawing and note the straight line between the two triangles. That is where the musical signal travels down. The ground, which is the other line shown, connects the chassis of the two amplifiers together (and makes a return path for the music, but that's confusing at this point). Suffice it to say the music travels down the center wire in the single ended cable.
In the balanced cable, there are two conductors where the music travels.
Tomorrow we'll see a bit more.
Regaining our balance
The picture shows the difference between the two but if you're not up on your electronics this diagram may not make a lot of sense. Let me first tell you what you're seeing. Note the triangle shapes in the drawing. These are how we illustrate an amplifier. When we use a simple triangle the type of amplifier isn't know. Could be a power amplifier, preamplifier, tube, solid state, op amp, or just a simple gain stage as part of a bigger amplifiers. The triangle is simply a block to show some type of device. The lines connecting the triangles together describe their connection method.
In a single ended cable the music travels down the center conductor, the only one in the cable. Look at the drawing and note the straight line between the two triangles. That is where the musical signal travels down. The ground, which is the other line shown, connects the chassis of the two amplifiers together (and makes a return path for the music, but that's confusing at this point). Suffice it to say the music travels down the center wire in the single ended cable.
In the balanced cable, there are two conductors where the music travels.
Tomorrow we'll see a bit more.
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